A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature and Practical Mechanics: Comprising a Popular View of the Present State of Knowledge : Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, a General Atlas, and Appropriate Diagrams, Volumen4Thomas Curtis Thomas Tegg, 1829 |
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... miles . The route from Jutland to Copenhagen , by way of Fredericia , though circuitous , is preferred on account of the regularity and security of the con- veyance . The shores of the Little Belt are sel- dom steep or rugged , but ...
... miles . The route from Jutland to Copenhagen , by way of Fredericia , though circuitous , is preferred on account of the regularity and security of the con- veyance . The shores of the Little Belt are sel- dom steep or rugged , but ...
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... miles from Cavan , and sixty from Dublin . Before the union , it sent two members to the Irish parliament . All articles offered for sale in the market pay toll in kind . They principally consist of oatmeal , potatoes , and yarn ...
... miles from Cavan , and sixty from Dublin . Before the union , it sent two members to the Irish parliament . All articles offered for sale in the market pay toll in kind . They principally consist of oatmeal , potatoes , and yarn ...
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... miles long , and nearly flat at the top , presenting a huge barren mass of rock , rising to the height of 3940 feet above the level of the sea . A few topazes and beryls are sometimes found there . BEN LEDI , a mountain in the county of ...
... miles long , and nearly flat at the top , presenting a huge barren mass of rock , rising to the height of 3940 feet above the level of the sea . A few topazes and beryls are sometimes found there . BEN LEDI , a mountain in the county of ...
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... miles along the Bay of Bengal , intersected by an intricate maze of streams and creeks , having eight magnificent openings which may be regarded as outlets of the Ganges . The shelving sides of all these streams clearly evince the ...
... miles along the Bay of Bengal , intersected by an intricate maze of streams and creeks , having eight magnificent openings which may be regarded as outlets of the Ganges . The shelving sides of all these streams clearly evince the ...
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... miles in length by half a mile in breadth ; and , from the decreasing depth of the channel betwen it and Sagor , it is highly proba- ble that before any very considerable lapse of time the two islands will be united . At the period ...
... miles in length by half a mile in breadth ; and , from the decreasing depth of the channel betwen it and Sagor , it is highly proba- ble that before any very considerable lapse of time the two islands will be united . At the period ...
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Página 297 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Página 373 - Mrs., or rather Miss Manley, for she was never married, is best known as the authoress of the ' New Atalantis,' a scandalous work, which she published at the end of the seventeenth or the beginning of the eighteenth century.
Página 82 - For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Página 254 - Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and gave unto him the name which is above every name ; that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Página 270 - So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form, and doth the body make.
Página 184 - I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Página 2 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake...
Página 244 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Página 227 - Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose From the fair forehead of an innocent love, And sets a blister there"; makes marriage vows As false as dicers...
Página 280 - Caught in a fiery tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of racking whirlwinds, or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chains; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, Ages of hopeless end? This would be worse.